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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9* s. v. MAY 5, MOO.

"BERNARD us NON VIDIT OMNIA": "BLIND BAYARD." I shall be glad if any one can tell me who is the Bernard meant, and what is the story implied in the above words. They are to be found in 'Nashe's Lenten Stuff-' first published in London, 1599, and reprinted in the second volume of the ' Harleian Mis- cellany,' London, 1809. From his vivacious narrative I make the following extract (p. 230) :-

" My readers, perad venture, may see more into it than I can; for, in comparison of them, in what- soever I set forth, I am (Bernardus non vidit omnia) as blind as blind Bayard, and have the eyes of a beetle ; nothing from them is obscure, they being quicker sighted than the sun, to espy in his beams the motes that are not, and able to transform the lightest murmuring gnat to an elephant."

JOHN T. CURRY.

"Pop GOES THE WEASEL." This song was originally sung at the Theatre Royal, Sadler's Wells, and Cremorne Gardens, about forty or fifty years ago, by " Mr. L. Edmonds, and also at the London Concerts by Mr. Austin." "Pop goes the weasel" was evidently a saying upon which the song was founded. The original first verse and chorus are : In ev'ry street, on ev'ry wall, In ev'ry lane with hoarding, In shop and stall, both great and small,

In windows, on door boarding, Placarded high and posted low,

In letters large 1 see still, Where'er I turn, where'er I go, This, Pop goes the weasel.

Tol de rol de riddle ol,

Pop goes the weasel.

Tol de rol de riddle ol,

Pop goes the weasel.

Now the words best known of this song run :

Up and down the City Road,

In and out the Eagle ; That 's the way the money goes, Pop goes the weasel.

This version, or verse, " was sung in a burlesque at the Haymarket by a comedian named Clark, I feel pretty sure," Mr. Charles Coote tells me. Can any one throw light on the saying ; and can any one tell me the name of the burlesque referred to arid the comedian? S. J. A. F.

[We remember the Haymarket version, but can- not recall the name of the burlesque.]

LIGHTS OF BAGLAKE, DORSET. Has any pedigree of this branch of the Light family been published, and if so, where is it to be found? PERCY CLARK.

LADY SANDWICH AND LORD ROCHESTER. In a letter to Lady Ossory, written in 1777, Horace Walpole mentions a portrait at War-

wick Castle of a Lady Sandwich " who was no great hero of mine, no more than Lord Rochester and his monkey." What does this mean ? It may be mentioned that the wife of the third Earl of Sandwich was a daughter of the notorious Earl of Rochester.

H. T. B.

" CEREBOS." What is the origin and mean- ing of this word, as applied to a kind of salt?

W. T. L.

"BED WAGGONS." Defined as "household objects." What were they? A. H.

CRABS' EYES AS MEDICINE. Two hundred and fifty years ago crabs' eyes were much in vogue for " stoppage of the bowels," and sold in London at 5s. 4d. per pound. Has any reader further details of this old-time remedy? CHAS. F. FORSHAW, LL.D.

Hanover Square, Bradford.

ELVERTON MANOR. Where in Kent is this manor, and where can a history of its descent be found ? SIGMA TAU.

"SWOUND" = A FAINTING-FIT. Is the old word sivound another form of swoon; if so, how did it acquire the final d ?

T. R. E. N. T.

LADIES AND LEAP YEAR. I have a notion that there is a convention that if a lady offers marriage to a gentleman in leap year, the gentleman must either accept the offer or make the lady a present of a silk dress. Is this so; and have the ladies this privilege throughout leap year, or only on the day (29 February) that differentiates the year from others ? Any information on the subject will be esteemed. LEWIS THOMPSON.

Bridgwater.

"HEIT" = FATHER IN MODERN FRIESIAN. Can an explanation be afforded of the above as shown in the translation of St. Matthew into Land-Friesch published by the British and Foreign Bible Society ? It occurs imssim, as applied to the Deity and mankind. There was feder in old Fries., and it seems remark- able that this old word should have been disestablished. One looks of course to Goth. atta; and cf. Ger.-Swiss dtti and Span.- Basque aita. In O.H.G. heit is found uricom- pounded, but only in the sense of our head, hood, e.g., persona, sexus.

H. P. LEE, Lieut-Col.

"CnoYS." Sir John Hay ward's 'Annals of the First Four Years of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth,' the Camden Society's edition (by Mr. John Bruce), has the following at p. 8 : "Shoe [Elizabeth] was rather liberall than